Holder for tooth-brushes and tooth-powder.



No. 699,983. Patented May 13, I902.

B. c. H. SIMPSON & c. F. cmaczuus. HOLDER FOR TUUTH BRUSHES AND TDUTH POWDER.

(Application filed Oct. 12, 1902.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS I. I :BIUIBY'SM TH: NORRIS PETERS 00.. PHOTO-LIT H04. wAgH U IT STATES PATENT O FICE.

BURWELL O. H. SIMPSON AND CARL F. GRECELIUS, OF FALMOUTH,

KENTUCKY.

HOLDER FOR TOOTH-BRUSHES AND TOOTH-POWDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 699,983, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed October 12, 1901. Serial No, 78,430. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, BURWELL O. H. SIMP- SON and CARL F. GREoELIUs, citizens of the United States, residing at Falr'nouth, in the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky,

have invented a certain new and useful Im-" proved Holder for a Tooth-Brush and Tooth- Powder, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide means for carrying a tooth-brush and toothpowder in the pocket or in a hand-bag or satchel or for forwarding the same through the mails, and more particularly for providing a simple, cheap, readily-constructed, and

perfectly-operating device by which the brush may be held in position in the holder against accidental removal and tooth-powder also held in immediate relation thereto, but without danger of loss, spilling, or contamination in all circumstances of the use of the holder.

With these and other minor objects in view our invention broadly consists, primarily, of a holder for a tooth-brush provided with a main compartment to receive the bristles or body of the brush at one end of the holder and a tooth-powder-containing compartment within the opposite end or portion of the holder and projecting therein in such rela: tion thereto as to form at oneside of. the said tooth-powder-containing compartment and in longitudinal continuation with the main brush-holding compartment a recess or supplementary compartment for the handle.

Secondarily, it consists of such a holder formed with the several compartments in the manner stated and means for closing the tooth-powder-containin g com partment,while In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure'l is a perspective view of a device embodying our invention, a

"portion of the tooth-powder-containing compartment being broken 'away at one end. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device, aportion of the front wall being broken away or sectioned to show the method of removing the tooth-brush; and Fig. 3isa section on the line m m of Fig. 1.

In the practice of our invention we construct a rectangular holder A of a length approximately equal to the length of an ordinary tooth-brush or of the particular toothbrush which the holder may be designed to contain of a width approximately equal to the depth of the brush or its bristle portion and of a depth equal to or slightly greater than the width of the brush at its broadest part. This holder or box comprises a base provided with upwardly-projecting side walls A and end walls A Laying the brush B in this rectangular holder in the manner shown in the drawings, so that its handle B lies in contact with one of the sides A of the holder, we select one end of the holder to constitute the main compartment for the body or bristle portion of the brush, and in the opposite end or portion of the holder we secure to the base thereof andto the end wall A a vertical longitudinal partition 0, which we extend toward the center of the holder to a poin't'appreciably below the bristle portion of the brush, and we turn this partition around to form a semicircular or rounded extension or end 0, which we secure to the base of the holder and to the front wall A thereof.

The partition 0 is equal in height to the walls A and end pieces A and ranges parallel with the former on a line rearwardly of the transverse center of the holder, so that the tooth-powder-containin g compartment D, formed in the front of the said partition between the end A of the holder and the rounded extension 0 of the partition, will occupy in width the greater portion of the end of the holder in which said compartment is formed and will leave rearwardly of the partition 0, between the same and the rear wall A of the holder, a narrow longitudinal compartment E of substantially equal width throughout and adapted to receive neatly therein the handle of the tooth-brush, whereby the brush is retained in position by the contact of its handle B with the rear wall A. The walls and partition and, in fact, the whole of the holder are preferably formed of thin sheet metal more or less flexible or yielding, and the lodgment of the handle between the wall A and the partition C does not injure the handle nor wedge it so tightly as to prevent put-posed removal.

Approximately at the center of the partition 0 and upon the upper edge thereof we secure a small hinge F, by means whereof a lid G is pivotally connected to the said partition. This lid is ofa width to cover the toothpowder-containing compartment D and is provided upon its outer or free longitudinal edge with a downwardly-directed flange G, adapted to engage the outer edge of the front wall A and formed with .a notch G adapted to engage a projection G upon the front wall A to form a spring-catch. Upon the outer end of the lid is a flange G which engages on the outer side of the end wall A and the opposite or inner end is struck downwardly at the corners to make the end rounded and provided with two depending lugs G, which engage the rounded end E of the partition .0.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the advantages resultant from the use of our invention will be manifest to all who are conversant with devices of this character.

The compartment D is filled with toothpowder and the lid G thereof closed. The flanges G and G- will engage the outer walls of the holder and prevent egress of the contents of the compartment D, and both of the projections or lugs C will engage the rounded edge of the partition 0 and prevent the toothpowder from running over in the main compartment of the holder and will also engage the said end to limit the movement of the lid G. The compartment D, it will be observed, is formed from the walls of the main holder and the partition 0, and when the lid G is closed the partition 0 will be held or steadied in proper Vertical position. The tooth-brush is then placed in the holder, as shown in the drawings, so that its bristle portion lies upon one side thereof in the main compartment of the holder, and said handle fits neatly and frictionally in the narrow longitudinal compartment E, formed by the partition 0 and the rear wall A. Not only is relative movement of the brush in its holder prevented by the mounting of the tooth-powder-containing compartment within the said holder by preventing lateral displacement of the brush therein, but, moreover, the brush is retained against accidental removal or dropping from the holder by its frictional position in the said narrow longitudinal compartment D. By the form and arrangement of this comparttnent itwill be seen that the main compartment or opposite end portion of the holder is left somewhat longer than the length of the bristle portion of the brush, and, as shown in Fig. 2, this permits the finger to be inserted between the bristle portion of the brush and the rounded end of the tooth-powder-containing compartment, so as to catch the finger beneath the usually-narrowed portion or neck of the brush to remove the same from the holder. It will especially be observed that as the brush is held positively in the narrowed longitudinal compartment E the bristles will be held out of contact with the front wall of the holder, preventing injury thereto or contamination thereof by such contact. The brush being removed and it being desired to use the same, the lid G is raised and powder dipped out with the brush in the customary manner. The tooth-powder-containing compartment may after use of sufiicient tooth-powder be closed and its lid fastened by the catch or notch and projection and this without closing the main holder or brush containing compartment. Hence notwithstanding the fact that the tooth-powder is maintained immediately at hand and its receptacle made a part of the brush-holder nevertheless the powder will not be exposed continuously during the absence of the brush from the holder, as there is no temptation to leave the lid of the device open until ready to put back the brush. It will, moreover, be observed that no devices for fastening the brush are required and no cover is necessary for the main body of the holder, as the brush is self-retained in position and yet is protected and substantially covered by the base and walls of the holder, and the moisture of the brush after use is not likely to be communicated to adjacent objects when the device is placed in the pocket or in a satchel.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder for a tooth-brush and a toothpowder comprising a rectangular receptacle formed of a base of approximately the length of the tooth-brush and of a width approximately equal to the depth of the bristle portion thereof, and having upwardly-projecting walls of a height at least equal to the width thereof, a tooth-powder-containing compartment formed in the said rectangular receptacle at one end thereof and projecting rearwardly beyond the transverse center thereof whereby the rear or inner wall of the compartment forms with the rear or outer wall of the main holder a narrow longitudinal compartment continuous with the main or opposite end portion of the compartment comprised by the receptacle, and ranging parallel with the said rear wall of the holder and in such relation thereto as to operate in con- ICC nection therewith to hold the handle of the brush whereby to retain the same in the holder against displacement; and the said tooth-powder-containing compartment being of a length to leave a space between the bristles of a tooth-brush andthe' inner end of the compartment for the entrance of a finger beneath the neck of thebrush; and means operating in connection with the tooth-powder-containing compartment and the outer wall of the holder whereby to close the said tooth-powder-containing compartment only,

leaving the main or brush-holding compart ment open.

2. A holder for a tooth-brush comprising a receptacle formed of a rectangular base of a length approximately equal to that of an ornary tooth-brush and of a width approximately equal to the depth of the bristle portion thereof and formed with upwardly-projecting walls in height at least equal to the Width of the brush and adapted to receive the entire brush within the same when the handle of thebrush is placed in contact Withone of the longitudinal walls of the said receptacle; a tooth powder containing compartment formed of a longitudinal partition ranging within the-main receptacle or compartment and at one end thereof parallel with the said longitudinal wall of the holder and rearwardly of the transverse center of the holder and in such relation to the said longitudinal wall as to operate in connection with the said longitudinal wall vto hold the handle of the brush whereby to retain the same in the holder against displacement, the said partition being secured to one end wall of the may be inserted between'the said bristles and the end of the partition beneath the neck "of the brush to remove the same from the holder;

the inner end of the said partition being turned around to form a" semicircular or rounded end wall for the tooth-powder-containing compartment, and beingsecuredto the base and to the front wall of the main receptacle and the said partition, and its rounded end or extension being of equal height with the walls of thebrush-holder; and a lid'for' the toothpowder-containing compartment only, the said lid being hinged to the partition and extending to the front wall of theholderand provided with a longitudinal flange adapted to connect the said lid to the said front wall,

front wall for fastening the lid down, a flange upon one end of the lid overlapping the outer end of the main receptacle and downwardlyprojecting corner-lugs upon the opposite-inner end of the lid engaging the-rounded or semicircular end or extension of the partition.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havesigned our names,-in

means upon the said flange and upon thesaid presence of the subscribing witnesses; this 8thday of October, 1901.

BURWELL o. H. siMrson'f CARL 1 OREOELIUS.

Witnesses:

ERNEST S. CLARKE,

Jo. HpCUMMINS; 

